Five individuals involved in the Offa robbery incidents have been found guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court stated that the offences are punishable by death. The…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a restraining order against the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), preventing its governors, National Working Committee, and Board of Trustees from dissolving the party’s Executive Committees in Rivers State. In a ruling delivered…
By Adeyanju Esther On Wednesday, Julius Francis, a 19-year-old, was arraigned in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing cables valued at N475,000. The defendant, a resident of Barnawa in Kaduna, is facing a charge of theft. The prosecutor,…
By Adeyanju Esther A 43-year-old man, Adekunle Abodunrin was arraigned on Tuesday at a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos, facing charges of fraud amounting to N1.8 million. Abodunrin, whose address was not disclosed, is facing three counts of fraud,…
The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced three persons to death by hanging for the murder of Col. Anthony Okeyin, the Commandant, Nigeria Army Secondary School, Apata, Ibadan. The three convicts sentenced to death by hanging…
By Babatunde Opoola, Abuja A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), ruling that the suit was premature and the issues raised…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, stopped the EFCC from prosecuting Mr Leno Adesanya, the promoter of Sunrise Power and Transmission Co Ltd, on allegations bordering on the six billion dollars Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project fraud. Justice Inyang…
By Adeyanju Esther A 45-year-old businessman, Philip David was brought before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, accused of committing car tyre fraud amounting to N9.8 million. The defendant, a resident of Barnawa, Kaduna, is facing trial on three…
A Sokoto Chief Magistrate Court on Wednesday granted bail to Shafi’u Umar, who is standing trial for allegedly circulating falsehoods against Sokoto State Governor, Ahmad Aliyu, and his wife on social media platforms. Umar, 37, who was the Special Assistant…
Ado-Ekiti, Sept.18, 2024 Two men, Pius Tonga, 20, and James Lar,19, were, on Wednesday, arraigned before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged shop breaking and stealing. The defendants, of unknown addresses, are facing a two-count charge of shop breaking…
